[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ml-get-bucket]]
=== Get buckets API
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<titleabbrev>Get buckets</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves {anomaly-job} results for one or more buckets.

[[ml-get-bucket-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`GET _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/results/buckets` +

`GET _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/results/buckets/<timestamp>`

[[ml-get-bucket-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `monitor_ml`,
`monitor`, `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API. You also
need `read` index privilege on the index that stores the results. The
`machine_learning_admin` and `machine_learning_user` roles provide these
privileges. For more information, see
{stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges] and
{stack-ov}/built-in-roles.html[Built-in roles].

[[ml-get-bucket-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

The get buckets API presents a chronological view of the records, grouped by
bucket.

[[ml-get-bucket-path-parms]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<job_id>`::
  (Required, string) Identifier for the {anomaly-job}.

`<timestamp>`::
  (Optional, string) The timestamp of a single bucket result. If you do not
  specify this parameter, the API returns information about all buckets.

[[ml-get-bucket-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

`anomaly_score`::
  (Optional, double) Returns buckets with anomaly scores greater or equal than
  this value.

`desc`::
  (Optional, boolean) If true, the buckets are sorted in descending order.

`end`::
  (Optional, string) Returns buckets with timestamps earlier than this time.

`exclude_interim`::
  (Optional, boolean) If true, the output excludes interim results. By default,
  interim results are included.

`expand`::
  (Optional, boolean) If true, the output includes anomaly records.

`page`::
`from`:::
  (Optional, integer) Skips the specified number of buckets.
`size`:::
  (Optional, integer) Specifies the maximum number of buckets to obtain.

`sort`::
  (Optional, string) Specifies the sort field for the requested buckets. By
  default, the buckets are sorted by the `timestamp` field.

`start`::
  (Optional, string) Returns buckets with timestamps after this time.

[[ml-get-bucket-results]]
==== {api-response-body-title}

The API returns the following information:

`buckets`::
  (array) An array of bucket objects. For more information, see
  <<ml-results-buckets,Buckets>>.

[[ml-get-bucket-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example gets bucket information for the `it-ops-kpi` job:

[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
GET _ml/anomaly_detectors/it-ops-kpi/results/buckets
{
  "anomaly_score": 80,
  "start": "1454530200001"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[skip:todo]

In this example, the API returns a single result that matches the specified
score and time constraints:
[source,js]
----
{
  "count": 1,
  "buckets": [
    {
      "job_id": "it-ops-kpi",
      "timestamp": 1454943900000,
      "anomaly_score": 94.1706,
      "bucket_span": 300,
      "initial_anomaly_score": 94.1706,
      "event_count": 153,
      "is_interim": false,
      "bucket_influencers": [
        {
          "job_id": "it-ops-kpi",
          "result_type": "bucket_influencer",
          "influencer_field_name": "bucket_time",
          "initial_anomaly_score": 94.1706,
          "anomaly_score": 94.1706,
          "raw_anomaly_score": 2.32119,
          "probability": 0.00000575042,
          "timestamp": 1454943900000,
          "bucket_span": 300,
          "is_interim": false
        }
      ],
      "processing_time_ms": 2,
      "partition_scores": [],
      "result_type": "bucket"
    }
  ]
}
----